Why is Wall Street so evil?

sweet bourgeois take bro

it ignores completely how 401k is a scam hoisted into people by wall Street so business wouldn't have to pay pensions any more, putting the onus on workers to "fund their own retirement"

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is this a thing everywhere in us? wtf.

anyway, even liberals often think finance is corrupt and retarded, theyre pretty much impossible to defend, esp since last crisis
how can anyone lie to themselves so hard ? when its in their interest

Pedestrian take; don't get run over.

Simply put, sociopaths and psychopaths are attracted to and rewarded by Wall Street's power structure. Conscientious individuals are not the winners there.

Haven't read this one yet myself, but finance is Michael Hudson's specialty and this is probably his most relevant book.

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Furthermore, here's a great primer essay on the topic from his blog:
michael-hudson.com/2010/07/from-marx-to-goldman-sachs-the-fictions-of-fictitious-capital1/

top tier liberalism.

So in other words, every one of Marx's optimistic predictions were wrong, his pessimistic predictions and absurdities weren't nearly far enough for how bad it is, and we would have been infinitely better off if Germany had won WWI, and the subjugation of finance has condemned us to effectively hellworld.
There are no nightmare vision goggles strong enough to dispel this.